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Friday, December 4, 1925
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The Headlines
WANTS $30,000,000 TO BUY PARK LANDS; Conference of Park Authorities Urges City-Wide Assessment to Solve Problem. SAYS LOCAL ACTION FAILS Sum Is to Purchase Acreage Only -- Link With State and County Systems Sought. WANTS $30,000,000 TO BUY PARK LANDS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
- Albert Bandura (1925)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Mechanical Television, The Leica I & Masking Tape.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,708 days ago
(100 years, 208 days)